1、Cultural cornerRead the passage about Native Americans and Australian Aborigines.Then fill in the form.Native AmericansAustralian AboriginesorigintimepopulationappearancecultureReason for their smaller populationAsiaAsiaBetween12,000and25,000 years agoMore than 40,000Years agoBetween1.8 million and1
2、0 million,became smaller and smallerAbout 350,000,became smaller and smallerThick straight black hair,dark eyes,brown skinHunting,fishing,speaking many languages,many kinds of societyHunters and gatherers,Battles and diseasesThe Europeans took more and more land Read the passage and answer the quest
3、ion.In what way are the Native American and the Australian Aborigines cultures similar?They both moved from Asia to where they now live.Both groups were hunter-gatherers.The populations of both groups decreased after the arrival of western colonists.Answer:Think over The population of Native America
4、ns and Australian Aborigines are becoming smaller and smaller,while in China the population of ethnic minority is becoming larger and larger.why?Language points1.Whereas conj.然而，但是，尽管2.我们班大部分同学学习很刻苦，然而有些同学不。3.Most of the students in our class study hard,whereas some dont.4.2.Remain link.1）仍然是，保持不变5.
5、保持沉默6.坐着不动7.仍然站着8.2）仍需去做 It remains to be seen whether you are right.9.There remains one important question.10.vi.1)剩余，遗留 With only 10 minutes _ we had to hurry.11.2)逗留，不离去 They remained in Beijing until last year.Remain silent Remain seatedRemain standing remainingReplace the last sentence Today,just over 1.5%of Australias population _ _ Aborigines.is made up of/consists of
